‘Var gren þetta grjóti um hvorfið;
mátti hundur þar hvergi inn komaz.
Gó hann grimmliga, þá hann gat ekki
garpr ginmikill gripið mig tönnum.
‘Þetta gren var um hvorfið grjóti; hundur mátti hvergi komaz inn þar. Hann gó grimmliga, þá hann gat ekki gripið mig tönnum, ginmikill garpr.
‘This den was surrounded by stones; the dog could not get in anywhere there. He howled horribly when he was not able to catch me with his teeth, the jaw-mighty fellow.
[2] hvorfið: horfið Rask87ˣ
[2] hvorfið ‘surrounded’: So Kölbing (1876), CPB and Jón Þorkelsson (1888; 1922-7). For the restoration of <v> in this and similar words, see ANG §235.1.a Anm. 1. Horfið ‘surrounded’ (Rask87ˣ) is the regular form (adopted by Páll Eggert Ólason 1947).